A Washington federal judge tossed a Westin Seattle employee's claims against a hotel manager on Monday, but said Marriott must face allegations that it failed to reimburse workers' cell phone bills and knowingly withheld wages owed under state law.
A Fifth Circuit judge said on Monday that the timing of Starbucks' firing of a California barista was "pretty extreme" and that management's words about benefits "do matter" as the court weighed the coffee giant's bid to overturn two unfavorable rulings by the National Labor Relations Board.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently declared that it's legal for federal agencies to bar transgender workers from accessing restrooms that match their gender identity, but employment experts said private employers that adopt this approach may be putting themselves in legal jeopardy.